Sabuncugil Zeytinyağ

Sabuncu Mustafazade Lütfü, who is recognised as the founder of Sabuncugil Olive Oil, in the 1900s
On the island of Lesbos, he marketed olive oil and soaps from olive groves. In the early 1920s
With the commencement of the Turkish-Greek exchange, the exchange migrants from Greece to Turkey,
Aegean lands with a climate, vegetation and fertile olive trees similar to where they came from
they were quick to discover. Here is Sabuncu, who is recognised as one of the oldest of those immigrants
The Mustafazades migrated from the island of Lesbos to Istanbul and then to Ayvalık, where they cultivated olives and
They started to revive the art of olive oil in Ayvalık, one of the most fertile coasts of the Aegean.
Olive groves and factories equivalent to the olive groves on the island of Lesbos were established by the state in Ayvalık.
were allocated to them. They took up what they knew best, olive oil and soap.
Sabuncugiller cultivates their own olive trees to produce Ayvalık olive oil, which is one of the most popular olive oils in Turkey.
They have managed to become one of the well-known brands.
Sabuncu, who supported the Turkish soldiers in the War of Independence with their soaps in terms of hygiene
Mustafazades were honoured by Atatürk and became Sabuncugil with the Surname Law.
gained an identity.
Sabuncu Mustafazade, who managed the company with his son Fehmi Sabuncugil in the 1930s, was appointed in 1940.
After his death in Ayvalık, Fehmi Sabuncugil continued to live in Ayvalık until his death.
He managed the Sabuncugil company. In 1965, Fehmi Sabuncugil’s son Köklen Sabuncugil
and became involved in the management. In 1971, Fehmi Sabuncugil passed away in Ayvalık. Then Köklen
Mr Sabuncugil came to work every day until his death in Ayvalık in 2016, having joined the company in 1991.
Kerim Sabuncugil continued the management. Today, Sabuncugil Olive Oil as the IVth generation
Kerim Sabuncugil and Deniz Sabuncugil, and V. generation Erim, who completed his university education
Sabuncugil also started to take part in the management.
Living in Ayvalık and managing the company for five generations, Sabuncugil Family has been involved in all Ayvalık stories and
in his memoirs. Fehmi Sabuncugil’s descendants, the Sabuncugils of the IVth generation, were born in
continue to maintain the olive culture they grew up with the trees and ancient knowledge inherited from their ancestors
is doing it.
Sabuncugil brand, Altınova and Gömeç, the products obtained from their own trees in Altınova and Gömeç
continues to deliver its flavour and naturalness to all four corners of Turkey.